Linotype-machine.



PATBNTBD MAR. 26, 1907.-

vR. M. BEDELL. LINUTYPE MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1l 1906.

@wh/Leases UNITED sTATRs PATENT ORRTOR.

RICHARD M. BEDELL, or BROOKLYN, New YORK, AssieNORTo MERGRN- ATHALRR LINOTYRR COMPANY, A- OORPORATIONOF iNRw YORK.

1 LiNoTYPE-MIACHINE.

lNo. 848,338.

Patelated. March 26, 1907.'.

Application filed Nnvcmber 1, 1906. Serial No. 341.559.

To [1Q/ZZ whom it may concern: l Be it known that l, RioHARD-lVLIBEDELL,

'of the borough of Brooklyn, countyof Kings,

and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Machines, .of which the following is a specifica-y tion. l

. My invention relates to machines for casting type-metal bars or slugs .with type characters on known and commonly'sold under the trade.- name or trade-mark Linotypef "Mon-otype, &c., and represented in one form-ml Letters Patent of the United vStates Nos. 436,532 and `557 ,000. In these. machines the slug after being cast 'in a slotted mold is delivered therefrom by a reciprocating ejector-blade, which Vadvances through the mold from the rear, driving the slug before it through the trimming mechanismv to the receiving-galleyat the front of the machine. The ejector-blade is detachably'connected to the front end of av horizontally-movable slide,

the construction being such that it may bereadily detached to permit the introduction of another of diiferent dimensions, as fully disclosed in United. States Patent No. 560,537.

In the use of the machine it is frequently desirable to draw the Aejector-slide forward for the urpose of exchanging ejector-blades. Hereto ore it has been necessary for the operator` to pass behind the machine and turn the actuating-cam and connected parts by hand until the blade wasl advanced to the required position, the- 'operation being attended by considerable labor and loss of time.

- l The aim of my invention is to overco'me the necessity for this operation and enable the operator at theV front' ofthe machine to instantly release the slide,` so thatit may be drawn forward, and to instantly restore' the connections after the slide is returned to its .first dposition. This arrangement not only avoi s the usual lossof time andlabor, but admits of the machineoeing again started from the oint at which itwas stopped. To

this end combine :with the slide movable means for effecting'its connection to and disconnection from the operating-lever or other operating' member, and I extend va handle or operating connection forward in such position that it may be .readily o rated bythe attendants'tanding in front o the machine.

their edges, such"machines `being I-.lhave shown` my improvement in 'a form particularly `applicable to the -Merganthaler machine represented inthe patentsabove referred to. f

its connections. lFig. 2is' a side elevationio'f engaged slide rentering engagement with the Referring to the'drawin s ,',A'represents the ejector-slide, which `stan si'on edge; and in suitable guides in the mainframe.`

forward beyond thel same.

end'of'the slidean to an operating-lever D,

ner that the rotation of thefam causesv the -vibration of. the lever, which in turn causes and the attached blade. So far as described the parts-are of ordinary construction. Heretofore `the forward nected with the slide, and t e forward movement of thelatter could `only be'effected by rotating the cam E and the connected parts of the machine. The essence of my invenlink andthe slide being instantly-discon-- for operation from the front.

served that the link C is formed with acirspending seat a'l to receive. the same. `This seat is open on the lower side in order to ermit th'e introduction and removal of the in an .endwise direction.

osition, Ivprovide alatch'F, ivoted at'f andv and around the endof the'link, as shown.. A

l. manner as to. admitof, they slilie being drawn.

practicey isk mountedto slide horizontally in ed to the front end ofthe slide and. eKtending I .7.0 C.is an actuatin-linkljointed to the rear.

the link to effect the reciprocation of the slide.v

end of the link has been ermanently con-- nected, the parts being preferably adapted In order to retain' the linkin its -ofperative Figure 1.-is a side4 elevation of the slide and 5 6o the` same, on adarger scale, showing thedis- 4B is the ejector-blade detachably connectvwhich latter is "actuated by 'projections on the side face of Va cam-wheel E in suchman" 8s tion lies in a connectlon which admits of the Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it be ob- 9c cular end and the' slde'formed with a'correforward'by-hand tcthepositionrequiredfor aving'its upperend adapte to'itbeneath` lCO spring Gr,v seated within the slide and against the removal or application of the ejectorblades. When the slide is returned to its rst position, the end of' the link will ride to its place and the latch F vs ill be pushed downward by the advancing link to automatically return thereunder and secure it in place.

The latch F is preferably provided with a rigid arm f2, extending forward along the -slide to Stich point that it may be conveniently reached by the attendant standing at the iront ofthe machine. By depressing the forward end of this arm the latch may be disengaged to release the link.

While I prefer to retain the form and arrangement of. parts herein shown, iti to be understood that the essence ofthe invention lies in providing for the instantaneous disconnection of the slide from its operatinfr devices, and the parts may be varied in lonnand arrangement in many ways without' passing beyond the limits of my invention.

The cam Eis located, as usualon the main shaft H, 4which 4carries all the other principal actuating-cams of the machine, so that-the* rotation of this cam by hand toladvancethel slide as heretofore practiced required a veryV considerable exertion, andthe. turni ofthe other cams caused Various partsjof ,t e ina-- chine to be set forLthe moment in lumiesirable. positions..

Having describedrmy invention, what. lv i' claim is- ,Y

A1. In a linotype-machne, the` combination of the reciprocating ejector-slide, its opthe slide.

2. fI'n a linotype-machine, the ejector-slide g in combination with an actuating-cam, a le-f ver moved thereby, the link extending; from the lever to the slide, and a latchpernntt v instantaneous disconnection of the link from 3; In a linotype-niachine, the .combina-y tion of the efector-slide, the link having one end seated t erein, anda movablelatch or the machine forl e 'eating instantaneous dirs-` locking device holding the link inoperative connection and release ofi-the 'slide-'at will;

Wlierebythe operator at the front'lof thema- -chine is enabled to move the slide,k forward at will without changingy the positionjof the cam.; f

-In' testimonyfwhereof I hereunto set my hand, this 23d day of Gctoben' 1906111 the presence of two attesting witnesses.;

RICHARI) M. BEDELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. ROGERS, ROBERT-G. CLARK. 

